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Archer Wire International Corp.401(k)

AACE EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN · BEDFORD PARK, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

Peer grade: B · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Archer Wire International Corp. reported $2,843 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $352 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.24% to 0.02%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Illinois (2,237th of 3,702), and 8,066th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.54 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 213 to 311 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,881,727
Participants with balances125
Active participants311
Employer contributions$109,467
Employee contributions$387,066
Employer contribution per active participant$352
Average account balance$95,054
Benefits paid to participants$432,461
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSMITH & CULL
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$11.9M · 125 accts · $109K emplr
2023$11.1M · 129 accts · $112K emplr
2022$11.4M · 128 accts · $110K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$700
Total administrative$2,843
The Archer Wire International Corp. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$352
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$352 per active participant
2023$517 per active participant
2022$514 per active participant

Archer Wire International Corp.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

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Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
SMITH & CULL, LTD · Accounting / audit$26,309

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Bank of America / Merrill
2023Bank of America / Merrill

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Administrative cost history3
2024$2,843 · 0.02%
2023$54,157 · 0.48%
2022$25,801 · 0.24%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 362486967 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.